ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRISYU........JDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1620000/01705614EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320071003EP06005952.420060323enenen200508869920050325JP200603727220060214JP2007100320074020060927200639G06T 11/60 20060101AFI20060609BHEP G06T 7/00 20060101ALI20060609BHEP deBildausgabevorrichtung, Bildausgabeverfahren und BildausgabeprogrammenImage outputting apparatus, image outputting method, and image outputting programfrAppareil de sortie d'images, procédé de sortie d'images et programme de sortie d'images2FUJIFILM Corporation07786510K 66 896/726-30, Nishiazabu 2-chomeMinato-ku TokyoJPFunakura, Hiroyukic/o Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. 798 Miyanodai KaiseiAshigarakami-gun KanagawaJPKlunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch00101001Winzererstrasse 10680797 MünchenDEATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCNLPLPTROSESISKTRALBAHRMKYU20071003200740

An image outputting apparatus of the present invention automatically lays out taken images so as to have composition without a sense of discomfort to an appreciator, based on direction components of the taken images. The apparatus includes an image direction component computing section that computes a direction component of an image, an image layout section that lays out the image in an output area based on the direction component computed from the image direction component computing section, and an image outputting section that outputs the image laid out in the output area by the image layout section.